Import environment variables

Import several environment variables into a service in one request.

POST/api/services/{id}/env/importHTTPS

Request & response examples

Request exampleServer-side

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  'https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/env/import' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELI_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "vars": [
    {
      "key": "NODE_ENV",
      "value": "production"
    }
  ]
}'

const response = await fetch(
  "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/env/import",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.HELI_API_KEY}`,
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      "vars": [
        {
          "key": "NODE_ENV",
          "value": "production"
        }
      ]
    })
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${data.error}`);
}
// Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/env/import",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}"
    },
    json={
      "vars": [
        {
          "key": "NODE_ENV",
          "value": "production"
        }
      ]
    },
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
# Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

Response example200

{
  "imported": 1,
  "skipped": []
}

Illustrative values · selected fields

Response details OpenAPI

Authorization

An account key with access, or a project/service key with variables:write. The resource must be within the key’s project, service, and environment scope.

Authorization: Bearer <key>Key setup

Path parameters

idstringrequired

Service id.

Request bodyapplication/json

varsarrayrequired

Array of {key,value} objects.

key string · requiredvalue string · required

Response 200

Variables apply on the next deployment. Values may contain secrets; do not print them in CI logs.

Examples show selected response fields with illustrative values. Your response can contain additional fields.

importedinteger

Number of variables imported.

skippedarray

Variables skipped during import, with each key and reason.

Child fields

keystring
Environment variable name.
reasonstring
Why this variable was skipped.

Errors

400

Invalid parameters. Check the required fields, types, and resource configuration.

401

The API key is missing, invalid, or revoked.

403

The caller or key scope does not permit this operation.

Error handling and safe retries

ALSO AVAILABLE VIA MCP

`import_env`

Required MCP arguments: id, vars. Send path, query, and body fields together as tool arguments.

Connect your agent

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \ 'https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/env/import' \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELI_API_KEY" \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "vars": [ { "key": "NODE_ENV", "value": "production" } ] }'

import os import requests response = requests.request( "POST", "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/env/import", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}" }, json={ "vars": [ { "key": "NODE_ENV", "value": "production" } ] }, timeout=30, ) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() # Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.